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Are you using it? I genuinely don't understand how people who are experimenting with the tool can feel this way

This is maybe kind of rude, and hopefully it doesn't come off this way, but where were you still getting the message that degree = job? Not that a degree doesn't help, but I gradua…

Id hope they are better at catching fish than a dolphin, yes.

~Or Apple could remove Google Search as a choice on Safari It could remove Google as a choice for users of safari? That seems like an insane thing to present as an approach apple m…

That's director or higher (and the upper end is at least a vp). I mean, there probably is a director involved, but they definitely aren't the one making the padding.

I don't get what's happening in this thread. This is a pretty clear statement: hacking isn't worse than the killing that the government is already allowed to do. It's a pretty stra…

There's "Is an ev better than a new ice car" and "is an ev better than an ice car you already have". I think we're discussing the latter, where the upfront cost of the ice doesn't …

I think the naming on the split is a little disingenuous. It's "mandatory", but it's still just laws. I get that the funding is decided differently, and I'm not making any claim on…

Felt the same. I agree with the whole "why is there even an app" thread, but it being 300mb doesn't seem like that big a deal to me.

My experience is that most people don't understand statistics and can be pretty easily mislead. That includes myself, with my only defense being that I'm at least aware statistics …

A 2% failure rate isn't impressive, but I'm fine not crediting any of the shuttle issues to software. My only point is that 100 instance of use for purpose isn't enough, to my mind…

Sure, but I imagine at least some components only really execute a small number of times per flight, or possibly never in the case of certain error handling code. Stretching the me…

100 is frankly not that impressive for software. A 2-9 system will sometimes work 100x in a row, and a 3-9 system usually will.

Well, the cheapest fair class doesn't include a features they want, which has a cost to the airline. That seems reasonable. If they are eligible and get to pick seats, then it's a …

The past meets the future

Yes, I do live quite close, although that's because I moved closer on purpose. I enjoyed the office even before I live as close (it used to be a 30m commute, now more like 15), but…

For whatever it's worth: coder, like being in the office :) The organized environment, easy coffee, and not needing to dedicate a bunch of home office space make it a big win for m…

Well, that seems like a dumb test for the intelligence part. You need a robot for that. But that means intelligence cannot exist without a physical presence" which I think is at le…

This is such a wonderful bit of creative writing.

how are the jurors chosen? I'd expect this would be too small a sampling of people to be really representative, and I think it's often easy to confuse jurors who are (by definition…

Presumably the real feature here is for admins to query the machine and ask it "how many hours of work did joebob actually do this week", and "has joebob complied with the will of …

Indeed. I think an MBA might make analogy to the time value of money concept; the time value of time would state that I'd prefer to have a free hour not working on this project now…

This makes more sense, thank you. I hadn't picked up on the distinction, but I agree that's more reasonable. I still think we don't really know; it's developing technology and it's…

How would they know? We don't have general AI but it's written as if they already know what it will be, how safe it will be, etc. I think it's an important topic to discuss and con…

This got me to donate. Seems like such a high-impact way to prevent / reduce pollution.